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Kent Animal Shelter

Reese

MEET REESE!  Reese is a happy 1-year-old rottweiler mix who loves to go for long walks and to play outside. He gets along well with other dogs and children, is neutered, microchipped and up to date on all of his vaccines. Reese was rescued from a high-kill shelter in Texas. He’s safe now at Kent Animal Shelter and is in search of a forever home where he will be loved and cared for. Could that be with you? Kent Animal Shelter is located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. For more information on Reese and other adoptable pets at Kent, please call 631-727-5731 or visit www.kentanimalshelter.com.

Chase

MEET CHASE! This big guy is Chase, awesome Rhodesian ridgeback/terrier mix that loves everyone and other dogs too! Chase has had a pretty rough life thus far. He was placed on the critical list at a high-kill shelter and was at risk of being euthanized. Kent Animal Shelter has now given this sweet boy the second chance he deserves. Chase is 6 years young, microchipped, up to date with all his vaccines and is as friendly as can be. He would make a great family dog. Why not stop by and say hello?

Kent Animal Shelter is located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. For more information on Chase and other adoptable pets at Kent, please call 631-727-5731 or visit www.kentanimalshelter.com.

Photo from Kent Animal Shelter

MEET JACK!

Photo from Kent Animal Shelter

Poor poor Jack … This handsome boy used to have a home, until his owner was diagnosed with cancer. No longer being able to care for him, she had no other choice but to bring him to Kent Animal Shelter. Jack is a 5-year-old lab mix. He’s friendly, energetic and would love to be your new best friend. And guess what, Jack is already crate trained and is house trained to boot! You really can’t go wrong with this goofy guy. Jack would love to have all of your attention, so it would be best if he were an only pet. He comes neutered, microchipped and is up to date on all his vaccines.

Kent Animal Shelter is located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. For more information on Jack and other adoptable pets at Kent, call 631-727-5731 or visit www.kentanimalshelter.com.

Photo courtesy of Kent Animal Shelter

MEET BELLA! This little girl is Bella, who, as her name implies, is beautiful inside and out. A pug/beagle mix, she is 5 years young, spayed, microchipped and up to date on all her vaccines. Bella’s family was no longer able to care for her, so they ended up having to bring her to Kent Animal Shelter. She is great with other dogs, cats and children, is full of energy, very sweet and affectionate and just loves to play! She would love to find her forever home — could that be with you?

Kent Animal Shelter is located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. For more information on Bella and other adoptable pets at Kent, please call 631-727-5731 or visit www.kentanimalshelter.com.

Update: Bella has been adopted!

MEET CARTER! This handsome boy is Carter, a domestic short hair tuxedo cat who is neutered and up to date on all his shots. Carter came to Kent Animal Shelter as a kitten and was unfortunately overlooked. Now he is six years old and has never known the joys of having a forever home, only life in a shelter. Carter would love if you would come meet him so he could prove that he’s just as good as all those kittens he sees getting adopted every day.

Kent Animal Shelter is located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. For more information on Carter and other adoptable pets at Kent, please call 631-727-5731 or visit www.kentanimalshelter.com.

Photo courtesy of Kent Animal Shelter

MEET CHARLIE AND FARLEY! This week’s shelter pets of the month are Charlie and Farley, two brothers from the streets of Puerto Rico. These Chihuahua mixes are 5 years old and are very sweet and gentle. They only have one simple request — they would like to be adopted out together because they are so attached and you know what they say — two dogs are better than one! Kent Animal Shelter is located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. For more information on Charlie and Farley and other adoptable pets at Kent, please call 631-727-5731 or visit www.kentanimalshelter.com.

Update: Charlie and Farley have been adopted!

MEET SHONA! Shona, one of several dogs from Thailand rescued by the SOI Dog Foundation, has recently arrived at the Kent Animal Shelter, 2259 River Road in Calverton. Instead of being brutally butchered in the Asian dog meat trade, she is now safe and sound. This sweet Shepherd mix is 6 years young, weighs 41 pounds, is spayed, microchipped and up to date on all her shots. Please come give this pretty girl the loving and caring home she so deserves! For more information on Shona and other adoptable pets at Kent, call 631-727-5731.

Update: Shona has been adopted!

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Bonny is up for adoption at Kent Animal Shelter in Calverton.

MEET BONNY!

Bonny is a 3½-month-old Chihauhua mix currently residing at Kent Animal Shelter, located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. She just arrived at the shelter, one of a litter of seven that was rescued from horrible conditions in Puerto Rico, and is hoping to find her furever home here on Long Island. Why not drop by and say hello? Bonny will be spayed, microchipped and receive all her shots before being adopted. For more information on Bonny and other adoptable pets at Kent, please call 631-727-5731.

UPDATE: Bonny has been adopted!!!

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Jackie

MEET JACKIE!

Jackie is a three-month-old female doxie mix rescued from Puerto Rico and currently residing at Kent Animal Shelter, located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. Jackie was abandoned and left on her own to survive. When a rescue group picked her up, along with 11 other young dogs, she was emaciated and infested with parasites. She is none the worse for wear though and is a happy-go-lucky pup waiting for a new home. Jackie will be spayed, microchipped and receive all her shots before being adopted. For more information on Jackie and other adoptable pets at Kent, please call 631-727-5731.

UPDATE:  Jackie has been adopted!!!!

A black dog at Kent Animal Shelter sits in one of the buildings closest to the Peconic River. Photo by Giselle Barkley

Kent Animal Shelter has always been close to the Peconic Lake. Maybe too close.

The 47-year-old facility was built on River Road in Calverton less than 50 feet from Peconic Lake, which leads to Peconic River. As the lake flows into the river, so does the Shelter’s wastewater.

In 2012, the shelter began its process to get a waiver to expand its five-building facility and install a new septic system to avoid contaminating the Peconic’s surface water. According to Pamela Green, executive director of the shelter, the shelter also wants to tear down two of its building and construct one, approximately 10,000 square foot building closer to River Road. The hope is that relocating these buildings will put 300 feet between the shelter and the water, which will limit the amount of wastewater dumped into the Peconic Lake and river.

But Richard Amper, executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, said the shelter doesn’t qualify for the waiver for its prospective projects. Although Amper said the society doesn’t oppose the shelter’s projects, he said the facility’s desire to move closer to River Road infringes on Long Island Pine Barrens’ core preservation area. According to Amper, construction is not permitted by law in that area to help “protect the Island’s purest source of water.”

“The only way anyone can get a waiver is to demonstrate that they have no beneficial use of the property absent the waiver, or that public health and safety depends upon the construction occurring in the Pine Barrens core,” Amper said. “Kent does not meet that requirement, and if the waiver were granted, it would create a dangerous precedent for others who want to develop in the Pine Barrens core.”

Amper claimed that the shelter’s new proposed septic system would discharge 2,700 gallons of wastewater daily into the land’s underground aquifer. However, Green said the wastewater isn’t in close proximity to the aquifer for drinking water, as the wastewater goes into the Peconic.

Peconic Lake is located several feet from two of Kent Animal Shelters’ buildings. Photo by Giselle Barkley
Peconic Lake is located several feet from two of Kent Animal Shelters’ buildings. Photo by Giselle Barkley

Currently, the shelter wants to demolish its kennel, which rests on the river bank, as well as the small cottage located across from the kennel. The shelter also wants to relocate its clinic and include it into the nearly 10,000 square foot building, alongside a new kennel and cat facilities. One of the cat facilities, also on the bank of the Peconic, houses senior cats that will live out their lives at the shelter.

Thus far, the shelter has received permits from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Suffolk County Health Department.

“The last hurdle is the Pine Barrens commission,” Green said, about Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission.

Where the commission differs from the Pine Barrens Society is that the commission decides whether the shelter will receive the waiver to expand its facility and upgrade its septic system. The commission is comprised of County Executive Steve Bellone (D); Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R); Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter (R) and Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst (D). A fifth individual will be added at a later date.

Amper said the society reached out to these supervisors, who are in the Pine Barrens towns, hoping that at least one of these officials will help provide the shelter with two to three acres of property for the shelter to expand and install a new septic system.

Green added that the Pine Barrens Society is threatening the commission with a lawsuit if the commission grants the shelter a hardship permit, which Green believes the shelter is eligible for as parts of the shelter are dilapidated and won’t be useful once the shelter cannot use the facility.

But Amper said this is a standard procedure. He also said even if the commission likes the shelter’s proposal, they can’t legally grant a waiver to the shelter to build on the area.

“If the commission is allowed to say, ‘We don’t care what the law says; we just like this project,’ then there’s no protection of the core area and the underground water supply,” Amper said. “The commission can’t make the law nor can they make decisions that contradict the law. It’s not that any of us dislike what they’re proposing; it’s not the value of the project, it’s where they’re proposing to build it.”

Romaine denied to comment on the issues and process the shelter is experiencing.

“As a member of the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission, it is not appropriate for me to comment at this time regarding an issue which is still under consideration,” Romaine said in an email.

The commission will vote on whether the shelter will receive a waiver on Oct. 21, at the Pine Barrens Commission meeting at Brookhaven Town Hall, according to Amper. The shelter will need three out of five votes to acquire the waiver to go through with its reconstruction plan, including the installation of a new septic system.

“We’re trying to prevent [surface water contamination] from happening by putting a new septic system and removing the channel off the river and abandoning the leaching field,” Green said. “This would be an upgrade for the environment.”